Not Everyone Deserves To Conduct The Multicloud Orchestra
Multicloud is a real and increasingly strategic customer choice rather than an accident of poor or nonexistent planning. We all know that; I’ve written…
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Seeking Good Industrial Use Cases For Virtual Or Augmented Reality
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have become the cool must-haves for industrial technology vendor keynotes. I have lost count of the times we’ve…
August 14, 2018
Industrial IoT Software Platforms Rise Above Just Connecting Things
I have written before about the ways industrial and manufacturing firms are reinventing themselves to become more efficient and better able to win, serve,…
August 9, 2018
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Who Owns The Data In Your IoT Platform? It Doesn’t Have To Be Confusing
Software platforms to support the industrial internet of things (IoT) are becoming very credible options. But despite their appeal, I constantly hear from clients who…
March 13, 2018
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Railways And Wind Farms Demonstrate Power Of Industrial Internet Of Things (IoT)
I have been working on a strand of research for about a year, delving into the ways that the internet of things (IoT), machine learning,…
February 5, 2018
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Industrial Firms Must Embrace Digital As They Evolve From Grease To Code
In volatile market conditions, conservative industrial giants must move faster to survive. And this digital transformation of traditional manufacturing firms cannot — must not —…
January 31, 2018
Public Cloud Reaches European Mainstream, But Brexit Complicates UK Picture
Public cloud platforms owed much of their early success to adoption by startups. With a bright idea, a web browser, a credit card, and no…
January 22, 2018
A New Forrester Wave Assesses The Market For Hosted Private Cloud In Europe
(Photo Credit: justusbluemer Flickr via Compfight cc) Working closely with colleagues in North America and Asia, we just published the…
July 21, 2017
In the war for talent, traditional enterprises must pick fights they can win
(St. Rollox Chemical Works in Scotland by D.O. Hill, 1831. Image source: Wikipedia) The world of work is changing, with my colleague…
May 4, 2017
Demise of OpenStack Innovation Center does not mean demise of OpenStack
The ever-dependable Barb Darrow at Fortune reported late last week that the OpenStack Innovation Center (OSIC) is to shut down. Cue wailing, gnashing…